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Newspaper

Biddeford Saco Journal

Location

Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Date

Jan 02, 1963

Page

3

Evening School Registration Set At Kennebunk

Kennebunk Evening School begins at Kennebunk High on January 21 with Fred Welch as principal. Residents register Thursday 7 to 9 pm at the high school, non residents Monday. Night classes cover blue print reading, shop math, electricity, welding, machine shop, stenography, and typing with KHS faculty.

Kennebunk High School Fred Welch KHS Kennebunk Ronald Robertson Elliot Hill Albert Berry Joseph Kearns Agnes Delisle

Evening Classes Schedule Ends March Fourteenth

Classes run Monday and Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. with the final session on March 14.

New Year Observances Mark Kennebunk Holiday

A watchnight service at Advent Christian church Kennebunk Lower Village led to midnight worship directed by Miss Janice Benson. Private parties, masses in Catholic churches, and many town offices banks and stores closed for the holiday with a holiday schedule at the post office.

Advent Christian Church Kennebunk Janice Benson Kennebunkport Wells

Weekend visitors fill Storer Street home for holidays

Kennebunk weekend guests joined Mrs. Phila Van Dyker at her Storer Street residence. Harold Bailey and son Keith of Dales Ferry Conn. also visited. Helen Sargent and Perley Waterhouse occupy upstairs at the Edward J. Laprell house on Portland Street. A New Year’s Eve house warming honored Edward Laprell with son and daughter-in-law hosts. Attendees included George Gauthier Rodney Thompson Arnold Truscott Charles Tanner Helen Sargent and others. Nancy Hilton hosted a New Year party at Warren Bowdoin’s Summer Street home with several young guests and dancing refreshments. Glen Whiting returned to Brooklyn after holidays at Bourne Mansion. Continuous holiday visits noted with multiple families and towns.

Storer Street Phila van Dyker Harold Bailey Keith Dales Ferry Conn Helen Sargent Perley Waterhouse Biddeford Edward J. Laprell Portland Street George Gauthier Rodney Thompson Arnold Truscott Charles Tanner Stephen Leskowsky Nancy Hilton Warren Bowdoin Summer Street Patricia Towne Hope Lord Margaret Ricker Pauline Lizotte Joy Billings Lester Graffam Dudley Swetland John Welch Billy Welch Steven Leskowsky Dick Arnold Nancy Hilton Glen Whiting Brooklyn N.Y Bourne Mansion John Bourne Albert A. Cabana Irving Street Saco Jeanne L John F. Moore Mary Worden Paul J. Moore Kinney Shores Miss Cabana Thornton Academy New England Tel. and Tel. Co Portland Moore Hartford Institute of Accounting Hartford, Conn

Denver hockey captain among four holdovers from 1960 team

Marshall Johnston of Birch Hills Saskatchewan captains the University of Denver hockey squad as one of four holdovers from the 1960 61 national championship team that won three games, lost one and tied one.

Denver Marshall Johnston Birch Hills Saskatchewan University of Denver

Old Orchard Beach lodge and auxiliary meetings tonight

Old Orchard Beach Rebekah Lodge plans Brothers Night and Past Noble Grand Night at this evening’s meeting. Rev James J Mullen council Knights of Columbus auxiliary meets at St Margaret parish hall. Abbott-Verville AMVETS post and its auxiliary hold sessions tonight and Thursday. The Woman’s Society of Christian Service of Washington Avenue Methodist meets at 2 PM Thursday at Mrs Anna Anderson’s Gulf Motel home with Mrs Florence Gray and Mrs Jean Cooper assisting. Old Orchard Beach Women’s Civic Group gathers Thursday at 7:45 PM in the High School Cafeteria chaired by Mrs Adebert M Jakeman Sr with business and refreshments.

Anna Anderson Gulf Motel West Grand Avenue Florence Gray Jean Cooper

Cape Porpoise social notes and local PTA meeting

Cape Porpoise residents spent Christmas week visiting relatives in West Burke Vermont Plymouth New Hampshire and Toronto Ontario with many travelers returning home after the holidays. Local post office worker Ardelle Maling took vacation. Doroth y Wright Ogunquit and other area residents are listed as visiting or hosting over the holiday weekend. Kennebunkport P T A will meet Thursday at 8 p m with Merle Jones and staff demonstrating arithmetic teaching methods.

J. Allen Thurston Pier Road Henry Lane West Burke Vermont Donald North Adams Mass Cape Porpoise Walter Hill Plymouth N. H Ardelle Maling Marion Clark Craig Cottage Boston Houier Carll Burleigh Main Street St. Johns Herman Campbell Campbell Harold Cluff Gladys Mahler Norman Stirk Phillip Susan Barbara Westford Perley Mills Road Norwich Conn Marjorie Emmons Toronto Ontario Arnold Stinson Langsford Road Florida George Wood Wood Harold Bartley Plainville Dorothy Wright Ogunquit Kennebunkport P.T.A Merle Jones

Holiday Eve Party At Bourne Mansion Kennebunk

Mr and Mrs Frederick Shields Sr hosted a New Year’s Eve party at the Bourne Mansion in Kennebunk with a guest list including Judge and Mrs Harold H Bourne and numerous Kennebunk and Wells residents. A younger group led by Dudley and Billy Swetland and Christopher Shields gathered on the mansion’s second floor.

Frederick Shields Sr Robert Lunny John Bourne Bourne Mansion Kennebunk Walter Batchelor Harold H. Bourne Charles Bowdoin Warren Bowdoin Walter Burke Lewis H. Burr Everett Cluff H. Willis Day Barbara Kimball John Kotlewski Frank Lord Jacinda Lord Harry Mapes Robert Marx Scott Merrow Addie Millikin Jon Milligan Mary Neithercut Erik Pierson Thomas Reagan Leon Severance, Jr Evelyn Smith Lendall Smith Robert Tinson Louise Snow Dorothy Swetland Thomas Vail John Walsh Norman Wiggin Kenneth Williams Clarence Williamson Kennebunkport Mary Kline Robert Wentworth Wells David McCullough Rochester N. Y Glenn Whiting Brooklyn Frederick Shields Dudley Billy Swetland Christopher Shields

Turley Sold to Angels in Conditional Deal

Former Yankee pitching star Bob Turley was sold conditionally to the Los Angeles Angels. He posted a 4.57 ERA over 69 innings with the Yankees last season.

Yankee Bob Turley Los Angeles Angels Yankees

Open House Held At Jakeman Home

Open House Sunday afternoon at Sea Haven Ocean Park hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert M Jakeman Sr. Local and visiting guests signed the guest book including Rev and Mrs. Lyle Bristol Miss Helen Bristol from Medford Mass and families from Needham Boston Montreal Rochester and Old Orchard Beach Guests and hosts posed for photos and shared refreshments at the holiday gathering all residents of Ocean Park and nearby communities.

Adelbert M. Jakeman Sea Haven Temple Avenue Ocean Park Elizabeth Wilson Edward P. Johnson Elva Frizzle Jakeman Lyle O. Bristol Helen Bristol Medford Mass Eben F. Smith Needham Arnold L. Ganley Boston Florence M. Clark Montreal Quebec Ethel Marion Marjorie Nelson Rochester N. H Ethel M. Wight Old Orchard Beach M. Wilson Eugene J. Puffer Mary Peterson Earl C. Seccott Ethel Draper Harold W. Smith Ethel F. Rowlands Mildred A. Soule Elmer F. Sawyer Hammond I. Peterson Charles D. Peckham, Jr Alfred Barrett William A. Frizzle Ruth M Georgia M. Severance Frank S. Whitten Jesse L. Ballard Fred L. Gooch Leon A. Cole George R. Skillin James O. Skillin

Kennebunk Navy Man Burns Feet In Dry Dock Accident

Bruce Wakefield U S Navy, former Kennebunk High athlete, suffered second degree burns to feet and ankles when deck collapsed during sentry duty on USS McNair DD 679 at a dry dock. Threw himself 15 feet to safety despite heavy clothing and ammo. He is at U S Naval Hospital Philadelphia Floor 4 A, expected to stay about a month.

Bruce Wakefield U. S. Navy Kennebunk McNair Frank Wakefield Nebunkport U. S. Naval Hospital Philadelphia

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